La Prensa San Diego

Border Wall, Mexicali, Baja California Norte February 2 through April 30 “Beyond Borders” — photographs by David Bacon  On February 2, the Center for Cultural Investigation of the Autonomous University of Baja California mounted an exhibition of 18 large photographs, taken by photographer David Bacon, on the border wall, next to the garita, or gate, [...]

Comentario: Por Israel Ortega  Ha sido dicho anteriormente, pero tiene que repetirse. Los hispanos no son votantes preocupados por un solo tema. Esto, a pesar de la narrativa que la prensa hispana y el lobby hispano propagan. Los hispanos están preocupados por temas más allá del asunto migratorio. Esto fue recientemente confirmado en una encuesta [...]

Perspective: By Raul Rodriguez New America Media  BERKELEY— As President Obama delivered his third State of the Union Address, the 11 sentences he dedicated to addressing my current immigration status did little to instill in me any more optimism than did similar statements from the last State of the Union… or the one before that. [...]

 By Marshall Fitz and Sarah Jane Glynn By next month Congress must extend the 2012 payroll tax cut to help boost our nation’s economic recovery. In 2011 this tax cut resulted in 122 million American households boosting their take-home-pay worth to the total tune of $120 billion. The extension and expansion of the payroll tax [...]

  By Michelle Mittelstadt New America Media  Editor’s Note: A recent New York Times op-ed by Dowell Myers argues that we need to shift from an “immigration policy,” focused on border enforcement, to an “immigrant policy” focused on the integration of those who are already here. The argument is based on reports that illegal immigration [...]

By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur  Pro-immigrant and civil liberties groups are stepping up the pressure against US Immigration and Customs Enforce-ment’s (ICE) Secure Communities program. Designed to remove immigrant lawbreakers from the United States, Secure Communities enlists local law enforcement agencies in a cooperative relationship with ICE in order to identify, hold and deport foreign [...]

Commentary: By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista    Much news has been made overAlabama’s tough immigration policy, HB 56, and how it has adversely affected the state’s agriculture economy by driving the immigrant labor out of the state.    Rather than scrap the law or make changes that could help the farmers, politicians would rather have officials [...]

By Leslie Layton chicoSol Editor’s Note: Victor Escobar said today he has received notification from ICE that his case will be reviewed at some apparently undetermined point; the Dec. 7 deadline for leaving the country has been lifted. Escobar said he can remain in the country until the review is completed. The best possible outcome, [...]

Perspective: By Julianne Hing ColorLines     Can GOP voters stomach a presidential candidate who talks about undocumented immigrants without calling them “illegals”?     Can the tea party base that’s driving the Republican Party handle a presidential hopeful who acknowledges the impossibility of deporting every one of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country, [...]

Commentary: By Rudy Acuna    On Monday, December 5, from 6 PM to 9:30 PM, a fundraiser will be held for the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies program at the Northridge Hall at the Student Union of California State University Northridge. It is important that we as a community show our support. Our [...]

Commentary: By Sheldon Richman    Arizona, Alabama, and Georgia have each enacted stringent laws aimed at curbing illegal immigration. Before saying more, let’s be clear about the alleged problem. What is an “illegal immigrant”? It’s simply a person — possessing natural rights, mind you — who comes to the United States without the permission of [...]

New York, NY  — The national Drop the I-Word campaign (droptheiword.com) today called for the AP Stylebook to cease use of the term “illegal immigrant.” Drop the I-Word is a public education campaign to eradicate the harmful term “illegals” and related words from public discourse, led by the Applied Research Center (ARC) and Colorlines.com, and [...]

Commentary: By Angelica Salas    There are real problems and there are distractions. The former require our undivided attention and focus but it’s the latter that often make the morning headlines.    Recently, our partner and ally Presente.org, joined by some writers, took issue with a statement signed by CHIRLA and eighteen other organizations decrying [...]

By Javier Sierra      Dan Millis will never forget what took place on Feb. 20, 2008. As a volunteer with the group No More Deaths, he was leaving gallon-sized water jugs scattered along the trails in the Arizona desert used by undocumented migrants.     This Good Samaritan and his companions came across the dead body [...]

By Valeria Fernandez New America Media MESA, Az. — Mesa voters got their say in a historical election that resulted in the recall of Republican Senator Russell Pearce, also known as the architect of SB 1070.     Pearce conceded defeat in a brief press conference in the City of Mesa surrounded by politicians, friends and [...]

By Vivian Marlene Dunbar     On Nov. 19, 2011, the Border Angels will hold their 25 anniversary celebration at the San Diego Centro Cultural de la Raza. The event marks a quarter of a century of defending and protecting immigrant rights on the US border and throughout America.     The Border Angels was founded by [...]

Editorial: This past Tuesday there were several special elections held across the country that demonstrated a shift in attitudes with the voting majority.    The most significant shift in attitude about immigration was demonstrated with the recall election of Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB 1070 Law.  At the time [...]